DJ with the bong.

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oh yea. that is a good one. Ok maybe i'll change back.

I think we all overrated the 20 game covid season when the Sox had 2 MVP's.

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CB, ladies and gentlemen.

Well if anybody would know about saying or doing stupid shit, its Caller Bob.

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A few minutes ago I saw a clip from Parkins and Spiegel and supposedly this directive came from a cardiologist in Chicago who wanted him to go see his own doctors. If Tony comes to Durham, I can recommend a good heart surgeon for him!

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This is why you never rebuild by tanking. They wasted six years of my life by losing on purpose and they came out the other side as the fourth best team in the division.

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Well, you shouldn't draft or trade for a bunch of designated hitters. You also shouldn't give Leury Garcia a $20M golden parachute and make him an everyday player.

There is talent on this team. The pieces just don't fit. It doesn't help when pinch hitter Albert Pujols has more home runs than every player on the White Sox.

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It did work for the Cubs though, where for one freakish year, the DHs and leftfelders played elite defense.

I'm pretty sure Leury is LaRussa's guy.

The problem with this team isn't talent. It's leadership and a lack of TWTW. I'd be looking to move Anderson and Robert for as much as I can get. And I'd trade Vaughn for the right deal too. You're stuck with Moncada and Grandal for now. But I wouldn't go too long next year with Grandal underperforming. He's a terrible clubhouse guy. Just cut your losses. This team needs to be taken apart, not to lose on purpose some more, but to get winning type players.

It's funny that so many Sox fans are so eager to show Abreu the door when he's still their best player. He's a guy that will give you a discount too. He's the one guy I'd bring back for sure.

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Who you crappin?!?! Most of these guys suck!

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I like Vaughn. I think you can build with him.

Abreu is a gamer. The guy has probably duct taped his hamstring in place to play.The younger guys sit it they aren't 100%.

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He won't need to give a discount. A 36 year old 1b/DH without power isn't going to be getting big offers. Also, you say they lack leadership and I start looking directly at the guy who was supposed to be the leader of all the caribbean players. Yes, I would bring him back but I think we are seeing a player in decline.

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OG Abreu can't give the guys heart. I think his power outage is due to multiple lower body injuries he's playing with. He made the adjustment around June to essentially become a singles or doubles hitter.

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There is a ton of individual talent on this roster. You follow them more closely than anyone else here. You should know this. They do not play as a team and as a team they are absolutely brutal.

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No there isn't you idiot. There are players overhyped by the media and dopy fans that haven't amounted to shit in the big leagues. Keep fooling yourself.

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They do play as a team. A team that’s average at best. They hit for no power whatsoever as a team too.

I'd agree with that.

He needs to hit better with men on, though. That was about .248 last time I checked.

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He was never a leader. You may have wished him to be one. But he never claimed to be that and he never was that.

He has plenty enough power. And if you let him go he'll likely destroy you as an Oakland A next season.

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The best guy on the Cubs would bat sixth in this lineup.

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I was told by a self proclaimed baseball savant that OPS was the best number to use to measure a hitter's greatness. Abreu is at .840 right now which is 19th in all of MLB and 11th in the AL.

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Isn't COVID Moncada (when he plays) hitting 6th now for the Sox?

That's pretty good. He has 30 doubles (I think). He's also getting walked with RISP. He'd have more RBI if the Sox got anyone on, but he does need to do a better job hitting with men on, and some more home runs would be nice.

The guy has led the league in one category or another every year (except maybe one).

It ain't him.

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Anything over .850 is pretty good. Before the steroid era, sluggers who consistently hit with .900+ OPS in their primes, when they got into their 33-34+ age range and their OPS dropped below .850... look out below! We are talking Reggie Jackson at the Mendoza line and Mike Schmidt retiring mid-season levels.

Abreu never really had the home run power peaks to be consistently at that level, so he's probably good for another year if he wants to keep playing. But if he loses another 20 points of slugging next year, it should be time to move him to a wise old man on the bench role.

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I mildly disagree with you. I think the MLB average for the last couple of years has been in the .720's. I would say .800 and above is good,.900 and above is great, and 1.00 and above is excellent.

I'd still feel pretty good coming back with these guys next year. This year's offseason needs are the same as last: LH hitting, LF who can actually play the position, 2B and a LHSP.

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if they're doing so well with Larussa out, does it make sense to keep Anderson out when he's ready to return ? seem to be playing much better w/o him

Two things. Don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and Rick Hahn. It ain't nobody else's business. Two: you leave town tonight, right now. And when you're gone, you stay gone, or you be gone. You lost all your White Sox privileges. Deal?

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Good news for Sox fans . Now the great Miguel Cairo can get the team ready to play inspired baseball the rest of the year just like he did in the most important series of the year this week when Cleveland came here . No longer have to worry about Tony holding the team down and preventing them from greatness any longer .

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